Preparation of this factsheet
•This factsheet provides data and information to facilitate the assessment of aquaculture growth potential in the
Philippines.This factsheet relies on official data and statistics readily available to the public. Some important dimensions
such as aquaculture’s contribution to GDP and employment are not evaluated due to the lack of data.
•Analyses in the factsheet are based on official data and statistics published by FAO and other international or national
organizations. The data and statistics, which were the most updated at the time when the factsheet was prepared, may
differ from data and statistics used in other WAPI factsheets because of different data sources or different versions of the
same datasets. They may not be consistent with data and statistics from other sources.
•The term “country” used in this factsheet includes non-sovereign territory. The designations employed and the
presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any
country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
•Unless noted otherwise, country grouping in this factsheet follows the United Nations M49 standard; under which the
Philippines belongs to South-eastern Asia.
•The preparation of the factsheet has benefited from tables and charts generated by various World Aquaculture
Performance Indicator (WAPI) modules. Most of these data analysis tools are for FAO internal use, yet some of them are
available for test use. Visit the WAPI webpage for more information about WAPI information and knowledge products.
•The factsheet was prepared by Junning Cai, Giulia Galli and Xiaowei Zhou at the FAO Headquarter (Rome) and benefited
from the support from the FAO Philippines (particularly Tamara PalisDuran) and the comments and suggestions
provided by multiple government agencies in the Philippines, including the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquaculture (special
thanks to Eduardo B. Gongona), the Fisheries Statistics Division (special thanks to ReineldaP. Adriano and Jordan John
Arnaez) and the National Economic and Development Authority (special thanks to Ernesto M. Pernia).
•The validity and relevance of the results depend on the quality (in terms of timeliness and accuracy) of the underlying
data and statistics used in the analyses –see some remarks on FAO aquaculture statistics in Slide 3. Errors could also
occur in the analyses despite our efforts to minimize them. Please let us know if you have any concern.
•Contact: Junning Cai (FAO Aquaculture Officer);
[email protected];
[email protected].
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